Brady Rodriguez

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Plymouth, Mich.

2013 (Junior): First team all-Lone Star Conference … Named to the LSC baseball all-academic team … Ranked among the national and conference leaders with 30 appearances, 2.29 ERA, .227 opposing batting average, six saves and 7.36 hits allowed per nine innings … Finished the year at 4-3 with 41 strikeouts … Won his lone start of season on April 23 vs. Texas-Permian Basin, scattering five hits and allowing just one run over 4.0 innings … Struck out a season and career-high four batters in early-season games vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville and East Central … Earned Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week honors on March 12 following series win vs. Bellarmine in which he earned two saves strung over three appearances and 5.0 innings of work … Allowed just one hit to Bellarmine batters … Scored his first save of the season following a scoreless 1.2 innings vs. New Mexico Highlands … Later picked up saves vs. Incarnate Word, Kingsville and Eastern New Mexico … Pitched a season-high 4.0 innings of relief against the Cardinals on March 17 to earn a victory in a 5-4 decision, and again at West Texas A&M on April 7 … Did not allow a run in 19 of 30 appearances … Pitcher of record when Kyle Conwell hit a walk-off home run vs. the Greyhounds on March 29 … Won third game in relief despite walking two and allowing a hit through 0.1 innings vs. Cameron on April 13 – a game which ACU hung onto win, 4-3.

2012 (Sophomore): Tied for sixth in the Lone Star Conference with 23 appearances … Made five starts, including four against conference opponents after the start of April … Went 3-0 as a reliever with wins against Arkansas Tech, East Central and Cameron and posted a 3.27 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 33.0 innings pitched … Earned Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week honors on April 17 after going 1-0 though two appearances and 8.1 innings at Cameron … Struck out four Aggie batters during series and allowed just one unearned run as ACU won pair of slugfests, 17-13 and 13-10 … Went 0-2 as a starter with losses coming at tail end of season at Angelo State and vs. Tarleton State at the Lone Star Conference Championship … Posted a 6.46 ERA as a starter with 11 Ks through 23.2 innings of work … Earned lone save behind three strikeouts through 1.2 innings of scoreless work at Eastern New Mexico … Matched season-high strikeout total vs. West Texas and twice vs. Tarleton State … Pitched a season-high 7.0 innings in LSC Championship elimination game against the Texans, giving up three runs on nine hits and three walks.

2011 (Freshman): Saw action in 18 games with four starts for the Wildcats in his first season ... Finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 9.99 ERA. ... Gave up 61 hits, 44 runs (37 earned) and 14 walks, while striking out 18 batters in 33.1 innings of work.

2010 (Redshirt at Ball State): Did not play and was granted a redshirt season.

High School: Graduated in 2009 from Dearborn Divine Child High School … Two-year letterwinner ... Earned second team all-state honors as a senior while posting all-Catholic High School League, all-city and all-region honors ... Helped team to the Division II state championship and the Catholic League championship as a junior when his team posted a 32-10 record ... Led his team to back-to-back city tournament championships in 2008 and 2009 … Named to High Honor Roll.

Personal: Given name is Brady James Rodriguez … Born 16 Feb 1991 in Detroit, Mich. ... Son of Randy and Sandy Rodriguez … Father, Randy, played baseball at ACU … Information Technology major … Hobbies include fishing and golf.